SOCIOL 41 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Arthur Schuster, Symbolic Interactionism
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It"s basic concepts: (professors says these will be concepts that occur frequently throughout the quarter, so make sure to place an emphasis on this. Symbolic interaction - this basically is looking at actions or images that define an interaction between two or more people. Social structure and personality - internal relations within a group. Group processes - would refer to the a groups behavior in terms of its own members. This is known as the process by which people act with one another, it is their interaction with each other, there exists a mutual influence. Object or actions that by convention or consensus that represent something. We will be thinking a lot about that this quarter. Known as the interactive processes with others in society through which individuals learn the ways of acting that are essential for effective participation within the society, and lead to the acquisition of the self .
